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1、DifferentFatherImagesinTwoShortStoriesbyAndersonandFaulknerSincetimeimmemorial,therearealargenumberofworkswhosesubjectsareonthebasisoffatherimage.However,althoughthesubjectsarethesame,thecharacteristicsofthefatherwhichtheworksconveyaredistinctbasedondifferenttopi
2、cs,suchasfatherimagein“theTriumphoftheEgg”1.and“BarnBurning”2..Mostpeopletrustthat“father”in“theTriumphoftheEgg”isasimplebutcravenpersonwhoisdeeplyinfluencedbyhiswifeaftermarriageandbecomesambitious,butfinallyfailstobesuccessfulinhisbusiness.Whereas,“father”in“Ba
3、rnBurning”isdescribedasanearthybutperemptorypersonwhoisunabletoexpresshimselfarticulatelyorintelligently,sohisrecoursesforself-expressionareviolenceandcruelty,thatisburningbarns.Thispaperisgoingtoanalyzedifferentfatherimagesinthesetwoshortstories.Alotofpeopleagre
4、ethatfatherimagein“theTriumphoftheEgg”isnodoubtalaughing-stockinthesocietywhichfocusesonmalechauvinism.Atthevery1.TaoJie,SelectedReadingsinAmericanLiterature,HigherEducationPress,SherwoodAnderson(1876-1941).2.TaoJie,SelectedReadingsinAmericanLiterature,HigherEduc
5、ationPress,WilliamFaulkner(1879-1962).3.TaoJie,SelectedReadingsinAmericanLiterature,HigherEducationPress,SherwoodAnderson(1876-1941),Page134.4.TaoJie,SelectedReadingsinAmericanLiterature,HigherEducationPress,SherwoodAnderson(1876-1941),Page137.beginningofthestory
6、,“father”,afarmerwhoisascommonasothers,doesn’thaveanyambitionexceptonSaturdaydrivinghishorseintotowntospendafewhoursinsocialintercoursewithotherfarm-handsanddrinkseveralglassesofbeer.Atthattime,“heisquiethappyinhiscurrentpositioninlifeandhasnonotionoftryingtorise
7、intheworld.”3.Heissatisfiedwiththeexistingstateofaffairsanddoesnothaveanydesireforimprovinghislifecondition.Butafterhemarriesacountry-schoolteacher,bothhavemuchdesiretogetrich.Therefore,fatherandmotherhaveabashatdifferentbusiness.Theyrentapoorstonylandandlaunchin
8、tochickenraising,butfailtogetrich.Asaresult,father’scharacterischangedfrombeinghappyabouthiscurrentlifetobeingfrustratedandincommunicative.Nevertheless,duetoth
